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The trains my parents take most are the high speed trains in Taiwan so they’re experiencing a culture shock at the (lack of) speed in this train
@skinnylatte we used to have a complete rail network in the US. You could literally take local trains across the country if you wanted.
The creation of the Interstate Highway System in the 1950s killed it by prioritizing cars and trucks over passenger and freight trains.
It was a deliberate choice whose cost to the nation was/is incalculable.
@Dhmspector yeah, and all the cities with functioning transit that now don’t have any.
I was reading a book about Chinese immigrants to the Sacramento delta in the 1800s and they were talking about taking the boat to SF and I’m like that seems easier than now haha